Anglepoise’s Original 1227 was launched in 1934, and is considered the archetypal lamp from the British company. The lamp took off where other contemporary task lamps left off, using a newly developed constant spring technology to create a lamp that was extremely flexible and adjustable, while also maintaining a consistent balance and stability.

"A flower that rises from the rock" is how Niemeyer described this organic, saucer-like structure, a home for art and design that boasts beautiful views of Guanabara Bay. An inviting red walkway snakes up towards the entrance towards the main cupola.

The charred cedar exterior gently basks in the Alaskan sun.

A family of cost-conscious Hamburgers converted a kitschy turn-of-the-century villa into a high-design home with a strict budget in place. To unite the quaint masonry of the original villa with the squat, ugly add-on built flush against it, the architects decided to paint the old-fashioned facade graphite gray and then covered the box next door in plain, light-colored larch. Photo by Mark Seelen.

HAY's About a Chair is available from sondotter.com for $398.

The chairs here are by Brazilian designer Zanini de Zanine.

A custom table surrounded by NET’s Museo chairs and poplar stools provides a space for the Sarmiento Tovo boys, Manuel, 5, and Julián, 3, to play with the toys their mother makes.

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Some of the city's best views of the Hollywood Hills can be seen from a number of rooms at the Line hotel. Designer Sean Knibb will be speaking at Dwell on Design, during the weekend of May 29-31, on his environmental designs and the joys and challenges of working within LA’s diverse architectural framework. For more on Sean Knibb, please see his profile at DwellonDesign.com.

Guestrooms at the Line hotel all include uniquely crafted furniture pieces by Knibb Design, such as these Negril chairs and Bianco table. A Montego Bay, Jamaica, native, Sean Knibb creatively blends natural and man-made elements in to his designs. His company’s mantra is “creative, human, experience,” all of which are visible in the interior and exterior of the Line hotel. Knibb studied at the award-winning design school Otis Parsons School of the Arts, known for its focus in environmental design.

Known for his use of bold color and innovative forms, Verner Panton designed the Panton Chair for Vitra in 1960. Interested in the capability of plastic, Panton designed the chair to be comfortable and versatile enough to be used anywhere. The Panton Chair is the first chair to be created from only one piece of material, using a single mold. The matte-finish Panton Chair is currently on sale for 15% off at the Dwell Store until 10/26/2014.

Named after an Italian-Brazilian industrialist, this series of gently curving walkways serves as the site of an art biennial, the first ever in the southern hemisphere.

One of Niemeyer’s numerous contributions to Brasilia, the custom-built capital created out of thin air in the ‘60s, the National Congress building symbolizes the working of the legislative branch; two semicircles, one for the Congress and one for the Senate, are divided by twin office towers.

The tent-like shape of this striking cathedral is formed by 16 curved pillars, jutting towards the sky like the fingers of a hand in prayer. Sunlight enters the roof through a wavy mosaic of blue, white and brown tiles.

After starting his career by apprenticing then collaborating with Lucio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer made his mark with this modernization project. The highlight is the Church of St. Francis of Assisi, a revolutionary modernist touchstone with a parabolic roof and polychromatic tiles that was such an unexpected departure from previous chapel designs, one politician suggested demolishing it.

“Who better than the farmer and the farmer's family to know how most effectively and easily to find efficiency?” says architect Alan Barlis. Regional architecture inspired the barn-life structure of the house, an open volume that aides in efficient heating and cooling of the space.

The dining room features 1970s leather-and-brass dining chairs and a table concocted from a brass-and-silver base and a custom lacquered top. The cheerful blue paint enlivening the doorway is from Emery & Cie.

Visitors pass by a sentry wall of lamps from Design House Stockholm on their way to the airy living-dining room with its 52 windows.

Designed by Benjamin Cherner, the Cherner Lounge Arm Chair is defined by its welcoming, curved shape that recalls the original 1958 Cherner chair design by Benjamin’s father, Norman Cherner.

Nearly exact replicas of a sofa and lounge chair designed by Milo Baughman in 1959, the Darren Three-Seater Sofa and Darren Lounge Chair are timeless furnishings that feature a high seat back and an undeniably midcentury modern silhouette. Handcrafted in North Carolina and featuring walnut legs handmade in New York, the sofa and chair adopt the bench-made production method from Thayer Coggin that has been in place since 1953.

The Vitra Miniature Collection presents important modern furniture classics in a smaller size. Although more petite than the full-size originals, each part of the Vitra Minature series is an exact 1:6 replica of the historical design, including the construction, materials, and colors. The Tulip Chair is an exact miniature of Eero Saarinen’s original design, which won the Museum of Modern Art Award in 1969, among others. The complete Vitra Miniature Collection is currently on sale for 15% off at the Dwell Store until 10/26/2014.

Agnese chair by Gianfranco Frattini for Tacchini. See it at Salone in Hall 16, Stand C25.

The house is filled with pieces from Small-Design, the children’s furniture company cofounded by Charrier, including the transformable Cube, which does double duty as a chair or table in the top floor kitchen-dining area.

Lina Bo Bardi, foldable chair in wood and leather (1948). Photograph by Nelson Kon. Want to read more? Check out Lina Bo Bardi by Zeuler R. M. de A. Lima, out this month from Yale Press.

Originally designed by locally renowned architect Arthur Dallas Stenger, this 1960s home featured an unusual awning that was maintained during a 21st-century upgrade by architects Rick and Cindy Black. The architects partially reconfigured the interior layout, updated the kitchen, and added new doors to the porch, all the while making sure the adjustments to the house honored its midcentury provenance while still avoiding creating a time capsule.

A family in Hamburg, Germany, turned a kitschy turn-of-the-century villa into a high-design home with a few exterior tricks, including sheathing the exterior in one-dimensional, murdered-out black.

This open-concept Amsterdam loft features soaring 15-foot ceilings, an Eames lounge chair and ottoman, and a Jielde light. Throughout the home, Standard Studio architects Wouter Slot and Jurjen van Hulzen favored raw materials, including concrete, oiled oak, and hot-rolled steel, all of which complemented the original space's industrial feel. Tucked smartly underneath the loft, a compact home office features functional built-in shelving and an Eames DSR chair.

The tomb of President Juscelino Kubitschek, designed by Oscar Niemeyer, provided the late leader with a fitting resting place in the modern city that he helped create. A statue of the founder rests atop a large, question-mark shaped sculpture.

A series of charred modern boxes, the home Petra Sattler-Smith and Klaus Mayer designed for Martin Buser and Kathy Chapoton, is organized around views of the Alaskan landscape.

Bornstein and his daughter Velma sit at a table the architect designed himself; the dining chairs were designed by Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen.

This postcard by French artist Francis Vareddes tells you all you need to know about the thrilling promise of the automobile.

Homeowner Susanna prefers a motley set of dining chairs over a coordinated set; that way, guests can pick their favorite when they sit. Photo by: Petra Bindel

The chairs and end table in the living room are of Eric’s design.

A small office for Dorothee, furnished with a desk by German architect Egon Eiermann and an Eames chair, overlooks the street.

Leather and Brazilian rosewood chairs by Jean Gillon sit next to Angelucci and Pepa in the formal lounge.